How to make carbonara in 10 minutes!
About this recipe
Carbonara is a classic Italian dish that's creamy, delicious, and surprisingly easy to whip up at home. In just 10 minutes, you can create a restaurant-quality pasta using simple ingredients like spaghetti, eggs, cheese, and bacon. This video shows you how to make perfect carbonara every time, ensuring your pasta is both flavorful and satisfying.
Ingredient notes
- Use either spaghetti or fettuccini, both work well for this dish.
- The bacon can be chopped into small pieces for even cooking.
Tips from Cooking is easy's video
- Make sure to reserve some pasta water before draining; it helps create a creamy sauce when mixed with the egg and cheese.
- Remove the pan from heat before adding the egg and cheese mixture to prevent scrambling the eggs.
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The recipe
Ingredients
Steps
- 1
Boil water in a pot and add salt.
- 2
Add the spaghetti or fettuccini to the boiling water and cook according to package instructions.
- 3
While the pasta is cooking, chop the bacon into small pieces and cook in a pan until crispy.
- 4
In a bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and grated Parmesan cheese until well combined.
- 5
Once the pasta is cooked, reserve some pasta water and drain the rest.
- 6
Add the hot pasta to the pan with the bacon, and remove from heat.
- 7
Quickly mix in the egg and cheese mixture, adding reserved pasta water as needed to create a creamy sauce.
- 8
Season with black pepper and salt to taste, and drizzle with olive oil if desired.
Heads up — we had to guess a little:
- The step times are not provided in the transcript, so they are set to -1.
Credit where it's due: this recipe was transcribed from Cooking is easy's original video on YouTube. Follow them there — it's their dish.
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